New study reveals visual working memory may provide clues to autism's social struggles

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 14:21 in Psychology & Sociology

Poor visual working memory can play an important role in the struggles experienced by autistic children, according to a new study. The aim of this study was to compare the working memory profiles of autistic children with typically developing children. The results suggest that children with autism have much worse visual working memory compared to typically developing students.

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